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June Bootids 2000
The excellent conditions with a New Moon on July 1 were used by many observers for monitoring the activity of the June Bootids despite activity was not expected to be extra-ordinary. Nevertheless…
Eta-Aquarids 2000 - II
The large number of observing reports coming in after the first Shower Circular about the eta-Aquarids allowed an update of the activity graph. The shower appears to exhibit a period of about three…
eta-Aquarids 2000
The meteor shower of the eta-Aquarids is not easily observed from mid-northern latitudes where the majority of visual observers is located, because of the very late rising of the radiant before dawn…
Lyrids 2000
Observations of the 2000 Lyrids were hampered by a gibbous waning Moon, which rose before midnight shortly after the radiant of the Lyrids had reached altitudes above 30 degrees. Typically, the…